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Russia’s economic isolation has a long history

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

Feb 24, 2022

Once again, a professor of Russian history says, ordinary Russians will be "the ones who shoulder the daily burden."

“Russia, of course, has a very long history of being excluded from the world economy,” said Kristy Ironside, an assistant professor of Russian history at McGill University. Above, Soviet citizens pass by homeless and hunger strikers in Moscow in 1990.

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